Michael's
hit with a possible class action suit three weeks after
their Pin Pads data breach. The suit was filed in U.S.
District Court by a customer in Illinois who claims she used
her debit card to buy $18.61 in goods from Michaels around
March 15th and on May 4th, the day before the news broke
nationwide, she tried to get cash at the bank but found her
card deactivated after the bank noticed suspicious activity
including two unauthorized transactions for $503 each. Plaintiff's
attorneys have asked the court to grant class-action status
to the suit. This status would cover any U.S. resident who
swiped their debit or credit card through a PIN pad to make
a purchase at any Michaels store on or after Jan. 1, 2011.
(Source consumerist.com)

Over the Memorial Day weekend, customers at a Michaels craft
store in Las Vegas became victims of the pin pad identity
theft scheme when "according to Fox 5 News, customers began
to see unauthorized ATM transactions from machines across
the valley over the weekend." (Source
inquisitr.com)

May Same Store SalesSaks Inc.
same store sales up 20.2%
Costco same store sales up 13%
BJ's Wholesale same store sales up 7.4%
Nordstrom same store sales up 7.4%
Macy's same store sales up 7.4%
Limited Brands same store sales up 6%
Duckwall-Alco same store sales up 3.3%
Wet Seal same store sales up 2.9%
Target same store sales up 2.8%
Dillard's same store sales up 2%
TJX Companies same store sales up 2%
Rite Aid same store sales up 1.3%
Stein Mart same store sales up 0.7%
Fred's same store sales up 0.2%
Stage Stores same store sales flat
JC Penney same store sales down 1%
The Bon Ton same store sales down 2.3%
Cato same store sales down 3%
Gap same store sales down 4%

Monroe County, Michigan law enforcement (Dundee police) have
discovered the identities of a dozen members of an ORC ring
that allegedly stole about $10,000 worth of merchandise from
Cabela's and most are members on one family. (Source
monroenews.com)

The convicted robber of Angelo's Food Store in December 1988
where he stole $7 and gunned down a 29-year-old security
guard who was on his second day of his new job, was put to
death last night in Dallas, TX after 23 years of appeals. (Source
nbcdfw.com)

Shrevport, LA man, Dwight Reed, 51, was convicted on 19
counts last week in Federal Court for trafficking in
counterfeit goods following a long investigation by the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Selling
counterfeit goods in three different stores, ICE seized
goods in Reed's stores in 2005 and 2006 and presented over
1,000 counterfeit trademarked items in court. He faces 10
years in prison and a possible $2 million fine for each
count. "The creation, smuggling and sale of counterfeit
goods is not a victimless crime," said Raymond R. Parmer,
Jr., special agent in charge of ICE's Office of
Investigations in New Orleans. "Products that are produced
illegally do harm to trademark holders, may be smuggled into
the country and distributed by organized crime groups and
sold to the detriment of local businesses and communities
who derive no financial gain from the illegal sales. ICE is
committed to an aggressive approach towards enforcing the
nation's intellectual property rights laws."
(Source ice.gov)

The iconic glass cube Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in
Manhattan is the most photographed location in the Big
Apple. In other words, more people take pictures of a
retail store than any of the long-standing cultural and
historical locations in the entire city. Mind = blown (Source
yahoo.com)

Two women were arrested in North Fort Myers, FL with two
"booster bags" and a device used to disable anti-theft
attachments. (Source
abc-7.com)

7-Eleven's owner Seven & i Holdings, the largest Japanese
food retailer, said it was expecting sales for the current
fiscal year to fall 10.2% and profits are expected to
decline about 22% for the year following the massive
earthquake and tsunami of March 11 and the resulting nuclear
reactor crisis. About 600 of its 7-Eleven locations in
Japan were closed following the earthquake and tsunami,
although many have since reopened. Also, they closed 100 of
their 170 Ork-Benimaru grocery stores. (Source
supermarketnews.com)

According to the 2011 edition of How Global is the Business
of Retail, London is the world's most popular retail city
and now shares the distinction for the first time with Dubai
-- followed by New York City and then Paris. The UK
"maintained" the number one position in the top 20 most
global retail markets above the U.S. (Source
thretailbulletin.com)

A San Francisco man who had his laptop stolen had just
installed theft-detecting software on it and, after it was
stolen, he received images from the software in his inbox
that were grainy, low-lit and intimate pictures of a man
curled up on a couch, sound asleep; the same man propped up
against pillows on a bed shirtless. The owner then went
online publishing the pictures on Twitter and in a blog
titled "This Guy Has My MacBook." "People who followed me
on Twitter retweeted it. It got picked up by social media
and the press. It went super viral," he said. On the same
day that he posted his website on Twitter, police came
calling and on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old cab driver,
Muthanna Aldebashi. Nothing like social media!
(Source Associated Press)

An international cybersecurity summit is taking place in
London this week where hundreds of international delegates
from governments and the private sector converged for the
two-day conference to try to agree on the basics — how to
enforce cybersecurity regulations across borders, what to do
about countries that don't want to be regulated, how to
protect government and company data and who will ultimately
control cyberspace? The threat grows every day. Natalya
Kaspersky, co-founder of anti-virus software provider
Kaspersky Lab ZAO, said Internet security firms were logging
some 70,000 new malicious programs every 24 hours. Shawn
Henry, executive assistant director of the FBI, said that
last year alone his agency arrested more than 200
cybercriminals. On a side note last month Kaspersky paid
millions to get his son safely back from kidnappers.
(Source
Associated Press)

Annual Technology Showcase and Golf OutingJune 29-30, 2011
Hilton Hotel
Beachwood, OH
Limited number of free rooms available for out of town guests --
please RSVP by June 3

Scarsdale Security is led by a team of 3 retail security subject
matter experts with over 70 years of Security and Loss Prevention
experience and supported by their project coordinators, service
managers and office team members dedicated to National Accounts.
David
Raizen, President and Founder of Scarsdale Security

David started in Loss Prevention at Macy's New Rochelle more than 30
years ago. His tech savvy problem solving with the security vendor's
systems led him quickly up the ladder at Macy's, being asked to help
with the Herald
Square Fire investigation and later assigned to the flagship store,
making a name for himself in the LP organization.

After graduating from Hofstra University in 1982, David formed
Scarsdale to serve the local market, doing security work on the
large homes of a major retail chain owner. This led to security work
in the industry and for the Polo organization more than 20 years
ago, beginning the company's strong role in retail national
accounts. David's aptitude for electronics is among the best in the
industry. His propensity for innovative electronic security
techniques have led him to be a key partner in the development of
manufacturers' products, whether new or revised. The company
pretests many products from its key vendors before they are released
to other alarm companies. David's strategy, one that has been well
received by customers, has always been "to
find a way to do it better."
Frank Baker,
Director of Operations, Sales and Marketing

With a degree in Criminal Justice, Frank started his career in the
security alarm industry in 1978 and spent many years with ADT both
in the residential and commercial divisions and was General Manager
of AlarmGuard for both Connecticut and New York. Meeting David
while David was with Macy's, Frank joined Scarsdale in 1997 and,
with the help of other sales professionals for more than 14 years,
David and Frank have guided the growth in National Accounts.Jim Mahoney, Director of National Account Sales

... and the industry's go-to-executive
that will make sure yourVirtual
LP is
crafted to meet your specific needs.

Jim started in LP at Target Stores in the early 90's and gained
experience in investigations, physical and electronic security at
other retail leaders such as Bealls, JC Penney and Publix. Jim's
experience also includes work with video systems providers to retail
stores, leading to his leadership role at Scarsdale. Jim's
customers, mostly LP operators and decision makers, tell us they
appreciate his prior 'LP Customer' perspective and guidance and, for
the last five years, Jim has led the success of the Scarsdale
National Account team.
Jim Mahoney

High speed data networks have created a new opportunity for LP
decision makers to rely on third-party providers like Scarsdale to
be their Virtual
LP team. Using
remote surveillance and procedure-based tools, Jim is crafting
customer-specific solutions through their Virtual
LP.com
service to provide significant cost savings compared to other
offerings.

Come meet the Scarsdale Team at the National
Retail Federation's LP Convention and Exhibition in Dallas
And let us show you how our Virtual
LP.com
can help you save money
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